After some competition, Capus transferred him to the quartermaster department as a quartermaster adjutant, and he has taken on a lot of work in recent years, which has also reduced a lot of burden for Kappus. Since becoming the acting quartermaster, Alpon has behaved as usual smoothly and without any mistakes, which completely relieved Davers.

At this time, Davos relieved him and said: "You don't have to worry, soon the food problem will be greatly improved, the Turii merchants organized by Sostatus, and the Lijim merchants organized by the Patriarch Alcibidas have bought a large amount of grain in the Eukosal Sea and Egypt, and it will arrive soon." In addition, a second shipment of food from the Egyptian pharaoh will arrive soon, which will be used as a backup for the army. ”

"That's great!" Alponse finally smiled.

"What do you think about the Roman attack on the Helnikians?" Davers turned his head to look at Shiros, the Minister of War.

Shilos glanced at Shilonimus, Felicius, and Alpunes, and said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, after discussion, our military department feels that although Rome is the enemy, this time, it is indeed a good strategy for them to change the direction of attack, shrink the defense line on the sea side, and attack the Helnikians inland with all their might, and it makes our Third Fleet unable to play its role. At the same time, the Romans also garrisoned a few towns by the sea, which made it difficult for our combined forces with the Wolsey to storm them, as that would cause the already small coalition to suffer more casualties. In this way, the Romans can attack the Khernicians who are not strong with all their strength, and even with the help of the Wolsey, we do not think they will be able to withstand the attack of the Romans, unless the Eké and the Marsi come to the rescue with all their might, the Helnikians are in danger. Therefore, Amintas wrote to ask for reinforcements. ”

"Your Majesty, we just initialled an alliance agreement with the Helnihnians." Felicius interjected.

Davers nodded, staring at the area on the map where the Helnihians lived, and didn't speak for a moment.

The others also remained quiet, waiting for Davers to make a decision.

At this time, the herald Aristilas hurriedly pushed the door open and walked into the conference room: "Your Majesty, a war report from the Latin region. ”

Davers took it, his eyelids jumped, and he handed the papyrus scroll to Shiros next to him.

Shilos hurriedly took it, and after reading it, he was surprised: "More than 10,000 allied troops organized by the Ekü and Masi attacked the Latin city-state of Bolae, trying to attract the Roman army attacking Herniki to come back, but was attacked by more than 20,000 Roman troops who quickly set off from Rome and suffered a crushing defeat!" ”

"How could the Romans have more than 20,000 more troops?!" When the others present heard this, they were equally shocked.

Aristilas replied calmly: "It is estimated that it may be from the Roman colonial cities north of the Tiber River and the troops of the Etruscan allies. ”

"It seems that this time the Romans have premeditated!" Davers sighed and said: "Camillus's trick of 'luring the enemy to take the bait' is a good one. ”

The rest of the people here are veterans of battle, and they understand what Davers meant: Camillus placed the Roman army on the front line, and the rear was deliberately empty in defense, in fact, the army had already been hidden in the city of Rome, and the combined forces of the Equi and Massis did not dare to confront the Roman army head-on because of their small strength, and adopted the method of sneaking attack on the rear, trying to force the Roman army to come back, but was raided by the Romans who had been prepared for a long time, after all, Rome was only more than 50 miles away from the city of Bonne.

Felicius leaned over the map again, took a closer look, and his eyebrows were knotted together: "Your Majesty, after this crushing defeat, the Ekyu and Massis may no longer be able to rescue the Helnikians, and the Romans can attack them boldly and with confidence, here-"

Felicius pointed to the Roman army's camp and said in a deep voice: "There are already more than 40,000 Roman soldiers, plus this new 20,000 people, which is far from being able to withstand the reinforcements of the Hernikians and Wolsey, I believe that the Romans will soon be able to destroy the Helnihnian forces, and then attack the towns of the Wolsiians to the east, or—" Felicius scratched the low ground between Mount Lepiny and Mount Ausoni with a long stick, and looked worried: "Then lead the army westward, From the east to attack the Walsy in the coastal plain, even with the First Legion, it will not be able to stop so many Roman soldiers, and if the defenders of these Roman colonial towns in the southwest also take advantage of the situation to attack, I believe that soon the Walsy will also be wiped out, and the Romans will completely conquer the Latium region! ”

Shilos also interjected at this moment: "Your Majesty, you used to let us pay attention to Rome, and to be honest, we didn't pay much attention to it, but now it seems that its war potential is too amazing!" You see, it attacked the Helnihians with more than 40,000 people, defeated the combined army of the Aquey and Macy with more than 20,000 people, and the three cities of Antium, Villitre, and Satronikum are also known to have nearly 10,000 defenders each, which is an army of nearly 100,000 people, which means that it can organize at least a huge army of 100,000 people, and if these armies do not have the same combat effectiveness as the Roman army that opposed the First Legion, it will also cause us a lot of trouble! ”

Several other military ministers also agreed with Shilos's words.

"The huge army of Rome is indeed a big trouble." Davers looked around at them and said in a deep voice, "But the biggest trouble is their dictator, Camillus!" Although Carthage was a powerful state, their ruler Hanno obviously had no experience in war, and did not understand the meaning of this war, and the generals and troops sent were like playing a game, but Camillus obviously knew that the war with us was a matter of life and death for Rome, and he used all his strength from the beginning.

I received information that he had even proposed and adopted in the Roman Senate 'the distribution of the newly conquered lands to the landless poor, and the active absorption of the exiles of the Latin and Etruscan regions as Roman citizens'...... In this way, it would not only be possible to alleviate the fierce conflict between the nobles and commoners in the Roman city-state, but also to rapidly increase the number of Roman soldiers that could be summoned. Ladies and gentlemen, Rome is not causing us great trouble, but it is a real threat to our kingdom of Dionia! ”

Davers's words made everyone's faces gloomy, and even Silonimus, who usually doesn't like to talk, couldn't help but scold at this time: "This Rome! Not only did they steal our military system, but even their political system copied our Dionia! ”

Whether the Roman military system was self-created or learned from Dionya was a topic that the officials of the Ministry of War occasionally talked about in their spare time, but it was clear that everyone present did not have the heart to discuss the matter any further, and everyone stood by this three-dimensional map, gazing with a cautious gaze at this familiar and unfamiliar city-state on the banks of the middle reaches of the Tiber.

Suddenly, Tolmide said: "Your Majesty, I have an opinion, the Romans have destroyed Helniki, and if they capture the towns in the mountains east of Walsey, then their sphere of influence is already bordering the Samoneans, and with the habits of the Samoneans, will they live in peace with such a strong new neighbor?!" As long as we think of a way, we may be able to bring these two forces into a fierce conflict, and then—"

"The Samonai wouldn't be that stupid." Felicius questioned: "They just ended a war with us, and now the Romans are at war with us again, don't they know that the enemy of their enemy is their friend?!" ”

"Of course the Samonai chiefs know, but the Samonai warriors and people who live on the Roman border don't necessarily obey for the sake of profit, and once the conflict breaks out, it's beyond the control of the chiefs......," Tormide argued.

As he spoke, Aristiras, who had just been out for a short time, entered the conference room again, and he said to Davers with a hurried expression: "Your Majesty, urgent military situation from the Dauni region!" ”

Davers unfolded it, then looked up solemnly to meet the curious eyes of everyone, and said slowly: "There is no need to discuss the possible conflict between the Samonai and Rome. This morning, the Samonai invaded our Dauni region! ”

"What ?!!" The faces of the crowd changed dramatically.

Shilos hurriedly took the battle report from Davos, and several people rushed to watch.

"The Samonai raided the cities of Ausculum, Vibinum, and Gerunum in the Daoni region, but only the city of Gürum was captured because it was on the border of Florantany, and because the Floranyans had always been friendly and friendly with us in Dionia, and therefore lacked defense, and the citizens of the other two cities repelled the enemy's raids, but are now under siege. Your Majesty, the Samonai have declared war on us! Phellisius read the battle report and said in a lost voice.

"Isn't that just right, so that we don't have to worry every day about when the Samonai people will betray the kingdom, since they will be stupid enough to leave the mountains that give us a headache and fight on the plains, just give us the opportunity to completely relieve Samonai of this big trouble!" Davers's composure is not pretended, the attack of the Samonai people more than ten years ago will make him nervous, but now the strong national strength of the Dionyse Kingdom has given him enough confidence, even if he encounters a drought, he is confident enough to completely defeat this evil wolf that is blocking the path of Dionia's northward expansion, and it can even be said that the betrayal of the Samonai people is the result of his deliberate manipulation.

Davers's relaxed attitude and confident words were like a glass of cool water for a few people in the room, calming their nervous mood.